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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens politically in the spring of 1968?
(a) The Communist Party implement many new strict laws.
(b) The leader of the Communist Party step down.
(c) Czechoslovakia becomes a democracy.
(d) The people reject the Communist system.

2. To what are the families of arrested individuals subjected?
(a) Termination of employment.
(b) Financial ruin.
(c) Jail time.
(d) Official hazing.

3. How old is Margolius when Kovály sees him last?
(a) Forty-three.
(b) Forty-six.
(c) Thirty-four.
(d) Thirty-nine.

4. What does Ivan promise his mother when he finally returns from the country?
(a) To clear his father's name.
(b) To get revenge for what happened to his father.
(c) To rescue her from Prague.
(d) To support her.

5. How do Kovály's neighbors treat her after Margolius' arrest?
(a) With pity.
(b) With hostility.
(c) With concern.
(d) With indifference.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests to Kovály that her apartment might be bugged?

2. At his trial, to what crime does Margolius confess?

3. Why do guards stop Kovály at the border when she tries to leave Czechoslovakia?

4. What is one reason Ivan is sent to stay in the country occasionally?

5. What does the party committee tell Kovály about her husband?

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